It lasted for 28 days from May 6th. 1987. On June 2, the fire was cleared, and all the open fire, residual fire and dark fire were extinguished.
More than 58,800 soldiers, police and migrant workers took part in the fire fighting. These include:
1, more than 34,000 PLA officers and men.
2. There are more than 2 100 forest policemen, clean firefighters and professional firefighters.
3, reserve militia, forestry workers and the masses of more than 22700 people.
Further information1On May 6th, 988, the prefectural party committee, administrative office and forest management bureau of Daxing 'anling decided to designate May 6th as the anniversary of reflection in the whole region. At the same time, the prefectural party committee, administrative office and forest management bureau held a cable broadcasting meeting on the May 6th Kupang fire in Jiagedaqi.
5.6 The initial cause of the Daxinganling fire was that a forest farm worker started the brush cutter and ignited the gasoline on the ground. When putting out the fire, only the open flame was extinguished, but the residual fire was not completely eliminated, which led to the fire out of control.
After 20 years of restoration and protection, a large area of forest has re-grown in the burned area of the "5.6" catastrophic forest fire in Daxinganling, Heilongjiang Province.
Baidu Encyclopedia -5.6 Daxinganling Fire